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Playing A Little Pepper… Today is Turn Back the Clock “Night” with the Rays’ ever-popular retro uniforms…Last night, David Price recorded his 1,000th career strikeout which led to a big smile from King David…Chris Archer was mic’d up last night which led to some funny scenes in the dugout where […]

Playing A Little Pepper… After starting 16 of 23 games (many of those with Ryan Hanigan on the DL), Jose Molina will make just his 3rd start in the last 9 games tonight…The Rays have signed all 11 of their draft picks taken in the first 10 rounds and 32 […]

Playing A Little Pepper… David DeJesus is the latest player to go on the DL after breaking a boe in his hand on a check-swing. Brandon Guyer, who has been red-hot on his rehab assignment with Durham (8-20, 4 extra-base hits), has been called up and is in the lineup […]

Playing A Little Pepper… Desmond Jennings is not in the lineup today and David DeJesus is playing in the outfield for the second straight game despite his collision with the outfield wall. Joe Maddon told the media he just wanted to give Jennings a day off…The home run by Chris […]

Playing A Little Pepper… Evan Longoria gets a night off from the field as he will DH and Sean Rodriguez will play third base…The Rays announced today that they have signed draft picks Brent Honeywell (#72 overall) and Blake Bivens (4th round). They have now sign 10 of their top 11 draft picks […]

Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays will have a moment of silence tonight for Tony Gwynn who passed away today…With the lefty on the mound, Yunel Escobar will bat second for the second time this season and in one of the top 5 spots for just the fourth time this […]

Playing A Little Pepper… Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there…Today is the 12th straight start for Kevin Kiermaier and 7th straight in the 2-hole of the lineup. Joe Maddon also used the same lineup for the third straight day yesterday. It was the first time he used […]

Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays beat the Astros last night 6-1 to take game 1 of the series. It was the first back-to-back wins for the Rays since May 25th. Kevin Kiermaier continues to make a case for never being sent back to the minors. He had 2 more […]

Playing A Little Pepper… Last night, Jeremy Hellickson made his second of three rehab starts, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk in just 2.1 innings for the Durham Bulls…Brandon Guyer is expected to start his rehab assignment tomorrow with Durham, as a DH tomorrow and in […]

Playing A Little Pepper… ESPN has picked up 2 upcoming Rays games. The 4th of July game in Detroit and the July 6 game, also in Detroit. Unfortunately for the Rays, the second game was originally a Sunday afternoon game and will now be the Sunday Night Baseball game which […]